Tag Archives: mountains The High Atlas Mountains in central Morocco rise from the Atlantic coast and stretch east to the Moroccan-Algerian border. This is a rugged landscape, inhabited by hardy Berbers – more properly called by their endonym Amazigh or Imazighen, meaning ‘Free Person’ or ‘Free People’. They live in small villages with narrow lanes lined with traditional […]  They had me at “walk”. Then they told me I’d visit ancient Orthodox monasteries and be treated to Coffee & Greek Delight. What a joy! I was travelling around Greece with a small group: we had wound our way east from Olympia on the Peloponnese Peninsula (see: In the Footsteps of the Gods), and driven […]  The informative signposting captures it: What a Colour! – Quelle couleur! Peyto Lake deserves its reputation as a highlight along the magnificent Icefields Parkway through Canada’s UNESCO-listed Rocky Mountains. But the whole road is a joy. Highway 93 runs 233 kilometers (143 miles) north-south between Jasper in the Jasper National Park and Lake Louise in Banff National Park. In theory, it […]  Alberta’s Icefields Parkway has been called one of the most scenic drives in the entire world. Highway 93, which runs the 233 kilometers (143 miles) between the little hamlet of Lake Louise in Banff National Park and the alpine town of Jasper in the Jasper National Park, runs parallel with North America’s Continental Divide through […]  For the last three weeks, fires have been raging across the Western States of the USA: in Oregon, California, and Washington millions of acres of land have been razed, more than 30 people have been killed, and thousands of homes have been lost. I’ve been watching in horror as the images coming out of the […] |
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